Where do you find these little trivia gems?! My daughter will be tickled pink to learn about the license plates, especially since her personal favorite is The Breakfast Club. Hughes was so good at what he did, very much missed in this day of kajillion-dollar CGI-excess blockbusters. I think there's a lesson in the body of his work for filmmakers as a whole.

Amen, do we miss John Hughes. I recommend The Spectacular Now which strikes me as a John Hughes type movie for the 21st century. I know that screenwriters Neustadter & Weber are HUGE Hughes fans.